Foods & Finger Foods One Year Old Babies Can Eat

Produce

• Cut up produce provides a healthy, easy food for one year old babies. Serve fruit like small banana chunks of banana or other ripe and peeled fruit such as mango, plum, pear, peach, cantaloupe, or seedless watermelon to a one year old. A small piece of cooked vegetables such as peas, carrots and potatoes introduces other textured and colored finger foods. Avoid whole kennel corn, grapes, berries and raw vegetables that can cause a choking hazard. Look at using dried fruit, such as cut-up raisins or dried apricots, as a portable option for finger food.

Dairy

• Introducing dairy products as finger food to one year old baby helps to provide some of the necessary nutrition. Chopped hard-boiled eggs or small pieces of chopped chunks of cheese are a good start to diary finger foods. Make sure to offer one new food at a time and for a few days, monitoring for potential allergic reactions. Additional foods to offer one year old babies include cottage cheese and yogurt.

Grains

• A major part of the FDA food pyramid includes grains and one year old babies can have several types of the fiber rich foods. O-shaped toasted oat cereal or other low-sugar cereal is a portable, easy finger food option for beginning eaters. Other grain foods suggested include small pieces of rice cakes or cracker, small pieces of cooked whole wheat pasta spirals, or lightly toasted whole wheat bread and bagels. Avoid foods that could cause choking such as popcorn and dry flake cereals.

Meat

• As one year old babies are learning to eat solid food they eat frequently throughout the day. Try offering food four to six times during the day along with snacks. To round out a solid, nutritious meal plan, consider trying small amounts of meat such as pea-size pieces of cooked chicken, small amounts of tofu or other meat. Avoid foods that could cause choking such as nuts and hot dogs.